# Prorrheticon I 2.31

Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/prorrheticon-i/2.31

31. Οἷσι δὲ τὰ χρώματα νέοις ἐοῦσι πονηρά ἐστι πολὺν χρόνον, ξυνεχέως δὲ μὴ ἰκτεριώδεα τρόπον, οὗτοι καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν κεφαλὴν ἀλγέουσι, καὶ λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι, καὶ αἱμοῤῥοΐδας ἔχουσιν. Τὰ δὲ χλωρὰ χρώματα ὅσα χρόνιά εἰσι, καὶ μὴ ἰσχυροὶ ἴκτεροί εἰσι, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τὰ αὐτὰ ποιέειν αὐτοῖσι ξυμβαίνει, ἀντὶ δὲ τῶν λίθων τε καὶ τῆς γῆς τρώξιος τὰ ὑποχόνδρια λυπέει μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς ἑτέρους.

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Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, ed. Émile Littré. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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